Heather Mills said she isn't just marrying Paul McCartney for his money. If she were, she said, she would have found someone richer.
That would have been difficult — an annual ranking of Britain's wealthiest put McCartney's personal fortune at $1 billion, making him the country's richest musician and the 36th richest Briton overall.
"He knows and I know why I'm with him," Mills, 36, told the British Broadcasting Corp. on Tuesday. "If I was going to go out with anybody for their money, it would be with someone a lot richer."
When an interviewer responded that few people were wealthier than the 59-year-old former Beatle, Mills said, "There are a lot of people, believe me."
The activist for land mine victims described her fiance as "just a great guy." She said he pursued her for months before they became a couple. They got engaged in July and have kept their wedding plans a secret.
"He got hold of my number and eventually he said he wanted to help with my charity work," Mills said. "Or so he said."